DIY Alaska Gear List
Backcountry Hunting Podcast
Joseph von Benedikt
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🗓️ 2 September 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Here's the nitty-gritty on all JvB's gear assembled for an upcoming DIY, drop-camp hunt in Alaska for moose, caribou, black bear, and wolf. Hunt gear, sleep systems, shelters, fire-starting tools, optics, medical prep, everything. We detail each item, including why it's necessary and why we chose that specific version, and provide weight when applicable. Food type, quantity, and prep is also outlined. Full list below.
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GEAR LIST
Alaska 2022 Moose Hunt
- License, locking tags, & harvest tickets
- Browning X-Bolt Speed SR, w/scope, bipod, suppressor, cover: 10.25 lbs
- Leupold VX-6HD scope, 2-12x40 with WindPlex reticle and CDS ZL turret
- Spartan Precision Equipment Javelin Pro Hunt Tac bipod
- Silencer Central Banish 30 suppressor in 7-inch configuration
- Red Kettle M19 sling
- See-through bikini-type scope cover
- Neoprene protective scope cover
- Browning thin rifle cover
- Browning raingear .75 lbs
- Federal ammo w/180-grain Barnes TSX bullets, 30 rounds 1.5 lbs
- .44 Magnum S&W M69 Combat Magnum 2.5 lbs
- .44 Magnum ammo, 11 rounds 2.5 lbs
- Hunting knives, Siembida Custom Shrike & Kestrel, .75 lbs
- Gransfors Bruk hatchet 1.5 lbs
- Swarovski EL Range 10x42 Binocular 3.25 lbs
- Swarovski ATS 65HD Spotting scope 3.25 lbs
- Spartan Ascent tripod 3.25 lbs
- Water filter, Katadyn Pro .75 lbs
- Filter bottle by Sawyer .5 lbs
- Life Straw water filter .12 lbs
- Kenetrek Mountain Extreme 400 boots 5.25 lbs
- Stone Glacier gaiters .75 lbs
- Browning clothing, Ovix line 5.0 lbs
- Argali Kodiak Belt N/A
- Big Agnes Tent, Copper Spur UL3 5.5 lbs
- Pitchable A-Frame tarp by SaphiRose 2.5 lbs
- ExPed Synmat UL 7 M sleeping pad 1 lb
- Stone Glacier Chilcoot 0 sleeping bag 2.75 lbs
- Stone Glacier packable down Grumman puffy pants .75 lbs
- Stone Glacier packable down Grumman Puffy coat .75 lbs
- Stone Glacier packable down Grumman Puffy vest .5 lbs
- Extra Long Johns, socks, neck gaiter, gloves, etc: 2.0 lbs
- Game bags by Caribou Gear 2.25 lbs
- Battery banks 1.75 lbs
- Folding solar panel, Big Blue 28 W 1.5 lbs
- Backpack, EXO MTN Gear expedition-grade 6.5 lbs
- EXO meat webbing mesh .25 lbs
- EXO internal drybag .25 lbs
- Pack cover .25 lbs
- Meals: 36, Mountain House & Peak Refuel, plus snacks 15 lbs
- Ultralight mountaineering stove, 1 lb
- Fishing rod: Redington 7’6” 3-weight Classic Trout .12 lbs
- Fishing reel: Lamson Liquid 3-4
- Fishing kit: flies in box, spare leader, 5x tippet 1.0 lb
- Crocs, All Terrain w/4-wheel-drive 1.0 lb
- Hat: Stetson Cross Creek N/A
- Cap: Browning mesh-back ball cap N/A
Bag No. 1:
- Scent Killer field wipes
- 100 feet of 550 paracord
- Two contractor-grade trash bags
- Spare glasses
- Spare lifestraw
- Bug repellant
- Scent-free deodorant
Bag No. 2: Health and sick care
- Cold medicine
- Ibuprofen and vitamins
- Advil PM
- Rolaids or Tums
- Emergency water tablets
- Leuko tape
- MTN OPS ignite and enduro packets
- Montreal Steak seasoning
- Head net
- Latex gloves
- Leaf tea
- Titanium spork
- Spare lithium batteries
Bag No. 3: Gun care
- Bore snake
- Gun oil
- Birchwood Casey rust-preventive wipes
- Silver, metallic, permanent Sharpie marker
- Scope adjustment tool
- Compact sharpening stone
Bag No. 4:
- Three lighters
- Stormproof matches
- Pyro Putty, winter blend
- Two headlamps
- Havalon knife
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Gear lists and the so-called pack dump are trendy. So much so that I'm jaded on |
| 0:07.9 | them and I've rarely if ever looked closely at pictures of somebody's gear spread out all over or go through their lists with any kind of interest. |
| 0:17.0 | And so, man, I almost feel like apologizing for bringing you the gear list that I've put together for my |
| 0:25.0 | my DIY drop camp moose hunt next month in Alaska. |
| 0:31.0 | However, I did a gear list a couple years back and I can't recall offhand |
| 0:36.4 | whether it was for an out-of-state hunter. I think I might have been heading out on a |
| 0:42.3 | solo desert mule |
| 0:44.7 | deer hunt in the southwest, but at any rate I had so much good |
| 0:48.4 | feedback off of it, including one listener that said, you know, I kind of despise gear lists but I listen to yours |
| 0:55.8 | and I got so much good intel out of it and great suggestions that I really |
| 1:00.5 | appreciated it so man I'm hoping that this one comes across like that too and can be |
| 1:06.8 | useful and not just another also ran or gear list. So let's start with how I put a gear list together. I confess, |
| 1:18.9 | well first I'm in my garage recording on my portable handheld record |
| 1:23.8 | so the sound you're probably gonna hear some |
| 1:26.4 | boot scraping as I move around and maybe even some |
| 1:29.5 | shuffling as I pick up items off my tables and whatnot but I've done this enough that I don't really |
| 1:36.2 | use a list anymore. I go to a couple of boxes that I have labeled backcountry hunting gear and I pull the items that I know I'm going to need out of those. |
| 1:46.6 | I grab the pack I want to use, the sleeping bag and pad I want to use and just start assembling clothing and just kind of throw it all together. |
| 1:55.0 | I lay it out on a couple of folding tables in my garage. |
| 2:01.0 | And as I do so and I work with various items making sure that things are in good shape. |
| 2:06.5 | For instance, water filters are clean and so forth, other things come to mind and I go and fetch those. But for the purposes of |
| 2:15.5 | this podcast I actually made a complete list with Waits. My daughter and I |
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